Thirteen of the Crew Drowned. Later
The liner Ambrose, with 487 passengers, collided with a hopper and fishing smack which interlocked after colliding, off the Mersey. The…
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Serious Train Collision Guard Narrowly Escapes. Sydney
It has just leaked out that a serious train smash occurred at Coaldale on Wednesday morning between a special and a goods train. The engine…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Children Drowned Wanderers From Melbourne. Melbourne
Three boys, named William Johnston, aged 12, Prescott Dyason, aged 7. and Malcolm Dyason aged 5, wandered from their homes at Glen Iris,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Railway Collision. Special and Goods Train. Guard's Narrow Escape. Sydney
A special train ran into a goods train which was shunting at Coledale, on the South Coast line, early on Wednesday morning, derailing a goods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Fatality. Well-known Teamster's End
A shocking fatality occurred on Saturday afternoon on Hampden Bridge, whereby Mr. Angus Donald M'Kenzie, 25 years of age, met his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Diving Exhibition. Len M'carthy Severely Injured. Sydney
While giving a diving exhibition at the State Championship Carnival yesterday Len M'Carthy dived from the top of the tower—a distance of 65…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident on the Railway
An accident occurred on the engine of a water train whilst travelling between Bomen and Harefield, from which the driver and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at the Mill
On Saturday morning an accident occurred in the yards of the Wagga Co-operative Milling Co. A number of carriers were unloading wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Marine Disasters. Steamer Collision. Six Seamen Drowned. London
The Danish steamer Axel collided willi a German tugboat off Tuxhaven, Hamburg. Six members of the crew of the smaller vessel were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in the Surf. Fremantic
Three little boys, aged 10 and 21 years, entered the heavy sort at North Fremantle, when the younger one, William Pope, was swept out. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Danish Steamer Wrecked. Seven of the Crew Drowned
Another Danish steamer called the Gkoch, was wrecked off the Ness. Seven of the crew were drowned and twelve rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Teamster Killed. Shocking Fatality in Wagga. Crushed to Death Under Waggon
Mr. Angus Donald M'Kenzie, a member of a well known North Wagga family, met with a terrible fate on Saturday afternoon last, being crushed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Accidents. Seven Men Killed. London
A cage containing coal miners was being raised in a St. Petersburg mine when the rope suddenly broke. Seven men were killed outright. Five others…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision. Three People Injured. London
The Leicester express, travelling at the rate of 50 miles an hour, collided with the Walsall train at Bromford station. Both trains were wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Fatality
A tragic occurrence, which resulted in the death of an old resident of the Albury district, took place on the Jindera Gap, about five miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Exciting Bolt. Driver Injured. Sydney
An exciting bolt occurred in George-street last night. A horse attached to a lorry was struck by a tram travelling towards Circular Quay. One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion on a Biplane. Two Aviators Drowned. London
Two aviators, named M'Donald and Ingles, were testing a new bi-plane in London, when the engine exploded. The machine and its occupants fell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Wrecked. Crew Drowned. London
The steamer Hawkwood was wrecked off the Yorkshire coast near Scarborough. The entire crew, numbering 17, were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seventeeen Drowned. Steamer Wrecked on York Shire Rocks. London
The steamer Hawkwood was wrecked off Flamboro' Head, Yorkshire, and the entire crew of seventeen were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Fatality Another Death at Broken Hill. Suffocated in Slime Bin. Sydney
A. R. Kares, 42, employed at the Junction North mine, at Broken Hill, fell into a slime bin, and was suffocated…
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